Chapter 245


    After learning that they were in the lounge on the tenth floor, Stanley brought Natalie upstairs.


    In the lounge, the head of the Hill family, Andre Hill, was having a business meeting with Shane. The


    butler went to his side to inform him of their arrival. He frowned slightly and instructed, “Have them wait


    for me in the room next to ours. I’m in the middle of…”


    “You have guests?” Shane interrupted with a grim expression.


    Andre sheepishly smiled and replied, “He was my son’s doctor.”


    “Oh, I see. Since he was your son’s doctor, he can be considered a benefactor of sorts. Let him in,”


    Shane nonchntly said as he raised his wine ss.


    Andre found it difficult to go against his request, so he gave orders to his butler to invite them in. “Since


    Mr. Shane is fine with it, you can go ahead and call them in.”


    “Yes sir,” replied the butler before heading out.


    Soon after, Stanley and Natalie walked into the lounge.


    The first thing that caught her eye was Shane’s unexpected presence. “Mr. Shane, you’re here too?”


    Natalie asked with surprise evident on her face.


    She tried to remove her hand from Stanley’s grasp, but he would not budge.


    Stanley had expected that would happen and left her no chance to escape.


    Their exchange seemed like a couple’s banter to Shane, and that had him riled up. His grasp on the wine


    ss tightened, and it looked as though he was going to crush the wine ss.


    Shane’s silence left Natalie feeling dejected and she lowered her head slightly.


    Sensing the shift in her mood, Stanley’s lips curled up in a smile and released her hand. Reaching out to


    shake Andre’s hand, he greeted, “Hello, Mr. Hill.”


    Andre gave him a firm handshake and said, “Hi Dr. Quinn, wee aboard. This is…?”


    He trailed as his gazended on Natalie.


    “Her name is Natalie. She’s my…” Stanley shot Shane a contemptuous look before he slowly uttered the


    word “…girlfriend.”


    Crack!


    The crisp sound of broken ss reverberated the whole room. Everyone in the room went still for a


    moment. Then they curiously sought the origin of the sound.


    It was Shane’s wine ss. The remains of the broken ss were all over the floor while his hand was


    bleeding profusely. Clearly, the wine ss was crushed by his own hand.


    “Mr. Shane! Your hand…” cried Natalie, wincing as she attempted to go over to have a look.


    Stanley held her back, forbidding her to do so.


    Natalie scowled at him with displeasure.


    He gave her a disdainful look and muttered, “Nat, don’t forget that you’re my girlfriend right now!”


    Pursing her lips, Natalie resisted the urge to dart over and check on Shane.


    It took her a great deal of effort before she let out a heavy sigh and stayed in her position.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    Sigh, I guess we did agree that I would attend the wedding as his girlfriend. If I rush over to show Shane


    concern, it would be disregarding Stanley. I can’t let his reputation go down in mes…


    When he got the impression that Natalie had relented, he released his grasp and walked over to Shane.


    “Mr. Shane, may I have a look at your injury?”


    Andre wasted no time in making space for Stanley as he hurriedly replied, “I’ll leave it to you to take care


    of him.”


    “No problem,” Stanley grinned at Andre before he turned to look at Shane. “Mr. Shane, could you please


    give me your hand?”


    Instead of obeying, Shane stood up with his fists clenched and bellowed, “Save it!”


    With that, he stalked out.


    Natalie stared at his departing figure with the urge to call out to him.


    After a momentary pause, she realized she had no right to force him to listen.


    “Sorry about that Dr. Quinn and Ms. Natalie. Mr. Shane was just…” Andre shed them an apologetic


    smile.


    Stanley dismissed his apology and mused, “It’s fine. I know Mr. Shane. I’m used to him being like this.”


    “Right…”